"What's the plot?" Tao Qian couldn't help but be curious.
During this period of time, Lu Bu didn't even go to his new city. He only lived happily with a group of wives and concubines in Mi Mansion every day.
Could it be that the people Lu Bu sent to get the money were causing trouble in Xiapi City?
"I can't afford it! I can't afford it at all! Mr. Tao, you have to make the decision for me!"
"Stop crying! It's only 1,800 yuan! Why can't you afford it? Why are you crying about being poor with me?"
Tao Qian said with some displeasure.
He had vouched for him. If Zuo Rong broke the contract, wouldn't he lose one of his own?
Zuo Rong told the whole story while wiping his tears.
After returning to Xiapi, Zhang Liao took his people to live in Xiapi City and came to the house on time every day to ask for the day's money.
But on the seventeenth day, Zuorong realized that something was wrong!
On the seventeenth day, the money changed from two cents to one hundred and thirty thousand cents a day! It already needs a car to pull it!
Zuo Rong finally collected 130,000 yuan, and was shocked when he calculated the accounts. During this period, plus what he gave before and what he gave today, he had already given Zhang Liao more than 200,000 yuan!
"Ah? There are so many?" Tao Qian was also shocked.
Zuo Rong cried: "Mr. Tao, this is still a small amount! Look at the accounts I calculated..."
As he spoke, he took out a trembling piece of silk from his arms and handed it to Tao Qian.
Tao Qian opened it and saw on it the amount of money to be paid to Lu Bu every day starting from two cents.
Tao Qian saw the end directly and let out a hissing sigh like a toothache: "Ten... billion? You calculated it wrong..."
"The calculation is correct! Mr. Tao! The calculation is really correct. Look, isn't it written on it every day?"
Tao Qian then calculated it again from beginning to end, yes! Every day is correct!
In the end, it was really one billion!
Lu Bu is pretending to be stupid!
Two billion in thirty days? Who can bear this?
"You idiot! When Lu Bu made this request, why didn't you calculate how much money you would have to give him in total? Idiot! Useless idiot!"
Tao Qian didn't know whether he was scolding Zuo Rong or himself.
But the matter has come to this, and the matter has to be resolved.
After all, Zuo Rong is his fellow countryman and Tao Qian's closest confidant, so how can he ignore it?
Yin said: "Come here! Go and tell Lu Bu that there will be a banquet on the table tonight and invite Marquis Wen to come over and have a drink!"
The man agreed and went, but after a while he came back and reported: "Mr. Tao, just now I went to the Mi Mansion, but I was told that Marquis Wen was not at the manor. I just left the city and went to the new city..."
Tao Qian had a look of disdain on his face: Lu Bu probably knew that Zuo Rong was coming to Pengcheng and hid himself on purpose! Look at your stingy look!
Zuo Rong's eyes filled with tears again: "Tao Gong, you have to find Lu Bu as soon as possible! Otherwise, it will become more than 400,000 yuan tomorrow!"
"Why are you so anxious! You have no money at home, how can he burn your home down?" Tao Qian said impatiently.
"But...but my family has so much money! Don't worry, Mr. Tao. Listen to me, all this money will be sent to Mr. Tao's house...
In addition, the man named Zhang Liao also said that if they can't pay, they will demolish the pagoda and melt the Buddha statue! Listen! Do people say it? "
Tao Qian waved his hands and said with a look of disgust, "That's all! I'll just have people find Lu Bu as soon as possible!"
On the third day, Tao Qian finally invited Lu Bu.
In order to fool Lu Bu into coming, Tao Qian invited all the prominent people in Xuzhou officialdom.
Lu Bu walked into the hall with a smile and said with a smile: "Oh! So many people are here! Lu Bu is busy with some worldly affairs and has kept everyone waiting for a long time! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
Oh, isn't this Mr. Ze? What kind of wind brings you here again? I counted on my fingers, it’s less than a month, right? "
"Marquis Wen has a good memory, it's only...it's only been twenty days..." Zuo Rong smiled as if he was crying.
"Twenty days...well, it's almost a million, right?" Lu Bu said, rubbing his chin.
Tao Qian and Zuo Rong's expressions were a little ugly: It seems that this boy has already made it clear in his heart!
Seeing Zuo Rong looking at him pitifully, Tao Qian finally said: "Marquis Wen, we had a bet two days ago..."
"Ah? A bet? What kind of bet did you make?" Lu Bu asked loudly and deliberately.
Tao Qian coughed and said, "It's the bet that gave Marquis Wen two cents on the first day and doubled it every day after that..."
Lu Bu said: "Oh! It's that thing! I say Mr. Tao, let's make it clear. This is not a bet, it's a contract! A contract written in black and white!"
"Uh... yes, the contract... Marquis Wen, did you calculate the contract wrong..." Tao Qian could only follow Lu Bu's words.
"Wrong calculation? Why is it wrong? Should I be given one billion and seventy million on the thirtieth day? Just give me a total of two billion one hundred and forty-seven million in these thirty days. Why, you can't calculate it. Is the bill coming?”
Tao Qian and Zuo Rong looked at each other: It turns out that Lu Bu'er had planned it a long time ago, just to set a trap for them!
Tao Qian said with a smile: "Since Marquis Wen knows... who in the world can come up with so much money? You are not..."
Lu Bu spread his hands and said, "I didn't force you to sign, why are you regretting it now?
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money, isn’t there still real estate? Is there anything else that can be used to pay off the debt? And Mr. Tao, are you here to tell the truth? "
Zuo Rong couldn't bear it: "You are cheating! You robbed me of so much food and grass, but it's not worth so much money! You..."
Lu Bu pulled his face down and said: "As the Prime Minister of Xiapi, you are responsible for transporting food and grass to the three counties, but you have enriched your own pockets and used all the money and food originally used for the soldiers to serve some 'Buddha'!"
Since you have the money to waste it like this, you might as well give it to me, and I can still benefit the people! I call this the right approach! "
Then he said to Tao Qian: "I'm talking about Mr. Tao! It's clearly written in our contract! If Zuo Rong can't afford the money, I'll ask you for it!"
You, the guarantor, won't just let go and be ridiculed by everyone in the world and say you are a dishonest person, right? "
"Uh, this..."
Tao Qian's face looked as ugly as possible. Was he going to risk his life?
But even if he smashed all the bones and dregs and sold them, he wouldn't be able to get so much money...
After pondering for a moment, Tao Qian said: "Marquis Wen, how about we just let this matter go?
You don’t have to pay back the money and food that General Zhao robbed. Zuo Rong has given you money for so many days, and you have gained a lot. After that, you will not give it back and write it off! "
"Mr. Tao!" Ze Rong looked unwilling.
"What? Are you still unwilling?" Tao Qian glared at Zuo Rong.
If the agreement is terminated now, the losses can be stopped in time, and taxes can be collected slowly after the money and food are gone.
He is not ready yet and cannot fall out with Lu Bu...
